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County Police Offices Session House Corn Market Pontefract

16/02710/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 7 March 2017

Council decision: Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from Court House to shop (A1), Caretakers accommodation (C3) and Cafe (A3) and internal alterations

Received
1 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontefract North
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at County Police Offices Session House Corn Market Pontefract. Wakefield has handled 157 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Wakefield's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Pontefract North.

100% of heritage applications at Wakefield Metropolitan District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2016
Consultation expiry
23 December 2016
Consultation start
24 November 2016
Consultation end
15 December 2016
Last date for comments
23 December 2016
Target decision date
18 January 2017
Permission expires
7 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Farriers 28A York Place Harrogate North Yorkshire

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2016
Site notice start
2 December 2016
Site notice end
23 December 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    20 Dec

    Security measures

    ApprovedListed building consent21/03028/LBC

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